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Ben B. Long, 21, of South Whitehall Township, recently was named executive director of the Lehigh County Republican Committee. The appointment came after Long, a DeSales University junior and 2012 graduate of Parkland High School, worked with the...

PHILADELPHIA — Better messaging, not changes in policy, is the key to winning elections again, House Democrats said Thursday as they huddled in Philadelphia to talk strategy. And the message, they said, must focus relentlessly on middle-class...

Assuming Hillary Clinton runs in 2016, the Republicans need to come up with a candidate who has the best chance against her. Considering the other potential nominees, it may be that Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney offer the best opportunity for that.Since...

The political chattering classes, who love a good story, are obsessed with the battle for the establishment choice for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination: Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney or throw in a little Chris Christie.
Bush and Romney are marquee...

It's not often that someone's greatest wish and worst nightmare occur at the same time, but for Gov.-elect Tom Wolf both are fated to occur the same day, hour and minute. Jan. 20 will witness the swearing in of the state's new governor. For Wolf, the...

WASHINGTON — The Lehigh Valley's congressmen were divided as dusk fell Thursday on whether to support a wide-ranging spending bill to keep the federal government operating.
The legislation's fate remained unclear — hours before the government was to...

WASHINGTON — Most of the Lehigh Valley's congressional delegation supported a wide-ranging spending bill crafted to keep the federal government operating.
But that doesn't mean they liked the highly dramatic, last-minute process of moving that bill...

Nearly two-thirds of Pennsylvanians expect to see a boost in education funding, but they also believe sales and income taxes will rise because of the election of Democrat Tom Wolf as governor, according to a survey.Only 42 percent believe that the...

A tour of the No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum in Lansford brings forth the horror of the days before labor laws. A mule was literally worth more than a miner. When management tossed aside a dead or crippled miner, there stood an endless line of immigrants to...

President Barack Obama said on Friday that Sony Pictures Entertainment made a mistake in pulling the 'The Interview' from theaters, after the FBI announced that North Korea was responsible for the cyber attack on the entertainment company.
"Yes...

Really fat wallets were opened in governor's raceDemocratic Gov.-elect Tom Wolf and the Republican incumbent he defeated, Gov. Tom Corbett, spent a record $60.5 million in the 2014 election campaign, the latest campaign finance reports show.The...

Eliminate a multibillion-dollar deficit while increasing funding for public education. Levy a tax on natural gas drillers. Enact a gift ban in the aftermath of a scandal.Those are the priorities that analysts and officeholders see Gov.-elect Tom Wolf...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a largely symbolic measure on Thursday that effectively declares illegal action on immigration taken by President Barack Obama.Obama's plan, announced last month as an executive order, would let up to 4.7 million of...

The furor over President Barack Obama's executive action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation poses hazards for him, including legislative complications, a possible legal challenge and a public backlash.
The risks for...

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won primaries and caucuses in 11 states in 2012, coming in a respectable second in the GOP presidential primary. And Republicans have a history of bestowing their nomination on the next guy in line, usually an also-ran from...

After being elected to Lehigh County Court in November 2011, Doug Reichley resigned from his job as a Republican state representative.
But, unbeknownst to Reichley, his old employer — the Pennsylvania House of Representatives — kept his expense...

WASHINGTON— In a politically divided Congress that has led to more finger-pointing than legislative action, a proposal pushed by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey appears to be bridging that divide.
The legislation to create tax-free savings accounts for...

Following Republican victories in Senate, House and gubernatorial races, allow me to offer a 10-part prescription for Republicans to regain the White House in 2016.
Spend the next two years promoting policies that I believe the majority of Americans...

HARRISBURG — In a shakeup of legislative leaders Wednesday, the Lehigh Valley got a seat at the table of power.
Republican Sen. Pat Browne of Allentown was named the chamber's budget point man.
Browne's elevation to Senate Appropriations Committee...